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Turkey - Baste? Foil?
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Teach42
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So I'm doing a Thanksgiving rehearsal today, and Mad Max'ing up a turkey.
The skin was browning nicely so, I loosely covered it up with foil as he recommended.
Then I just noticed that he says that he bates it every 20 minutes!!
So my questions are...
A) How important is it to baste the turkey every 20 minutes? Do I really need to? I don't even have a turkey baster so I'd need to go out and buy one!
B)What are your thoughts about tenting it with foil? I'm not really sure what tenting means, so I just wrapped the whole thing loosely with a few sheets. Should be unwrapping, basting, and re-wrapping every 20 minutes? That just seems goofy, but maybe I'm just a newb.
Any advice would be appreciated.
The skin was browning nicely so, I loosely covered it up with foil as he recommended.
Then I just noticed that he says that he bates it every 20 minutes!!
So my questions are...
A) How important is it to baste the turkey every 20 minutes? Do I really need to? I don't even have a turkey baster so I'd need to go out and buy one!
B)What are your thoughts about tenting it with foil? I'm not really sure what tenting means, so I just wrapped the whole thing loosely with a few sheets. Should be unwrapping, basting, and re-wrapping every 20 minutes? That just seems goofy, but maybe I'm just a newb.
Any advice would be appreciated.
Comments
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I did a Turkey last weekend. Yes, I think basting is important but every 20 seems a bit too often. I did not foil either. I turned out fine. Taste was amazing.
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I've done at least 20 turkeys and have never basted a one and they all came out great.
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